Furacilin for gargling - how to dilute, instructions for use
Furacilin has been used for many years in many areas of medicine, and, despite the emergence of new modern antiseptics, it has not lost its relevance today. High antimicrobial activity, low cost of the product and ease of preparation are very popular both among medical institutions and among the population.
Initially, furatsilin was used internally to treat acute intestinal infections, but then, after conducting certain studies, they began to use it only externally.
To gargle and wash the tonsils, use a pharmaceutical solution of furatsilin, or dilute the tablet form of the drug at home.
According to the anatomical-therapeutic-chemical classification (ATC), furatsilin is located under the code D08AF01 “Nitrofural”. Pharmacological group - “other synthetic antibacterial agents.”
The drug is available in the form of tablets, aqueous and alcoholic solutions, and also in the form of an ointment. The main active ingredient is nitrofural. The tablets and solution have a yellow or yellowish-greenish tint. For gargling, tablets for preparing a solution and an aqueous form of furatsilin are used; the price for them always pleases patients.
Prices for various forms of furatsilin are as follows:
- aqueous solution (200 ml) - 75 rubles;
- alcohol solution 10 ml (dropper bottle) - 40 rubles;
- tablets for preparing a solution of 20 mg (10 pieces) - 60 rubles;
- ointment 25 mg (0.2%) - 40 rubles.
All products listed are used only for local and external use. Do not use ointment or alcohol solution for the throat.
Beneficial properties of furatsilin for throat diseases
Most medical prescriptions for the use of furatsilin externally are associated with its antimicrobial activity. In rare cases, taking the drug orally is not excluded.
To destroy microbes, consistent therapy with furatsilin is necessary, because it, like antibacterial agents, accumulates an antimicrobial effect. Over the course of 5-7 days, pathogenic microflora is suppressed, and the bacteria recede.
If the furatsilin solution for gargling does not bring the desired results, we can say that we have to deal with resistant strains of bacteria. Then the treatment continues with the selection of the necessary antibacterial agent, according to the culture from the nasopharynx, which is prepared for approximately 7 days.
Furacilin exhibits high antimicrobial activity against streptococci, staphylococci, Shigella, Escherichia coli, and fungi. It cleanses the mucous membranes of pus and plugs, disinfects lacunae and lymphoid tissue of the nasopharynx.
After using furatsilin, the redness, inflammation and swelling of the pharynx disappears, the patient begins to swallow painlessly, and the feeling of a lump disappears.
Indications for use
The nasopharynx always contains various microorganisms, so it is a kind of reservoir for the accumulation of pathogenic microflora. When the immune system fails, microbes begin to multiply rapidly, and according to bacterial cultures, a high titer of the leading pathogen is easily determined.
So, furatsilin will be useful for the following throat pathologies:
- pharyngitis (except for the atrophic form);
- tonsillitis (all forms);
- laryngitis;
- angina;
- various diseases of the respiratory system.
For viral infections, furatsilin solution is sometimes recommended to be used to prevent the addition of bacterial microflora, as a complication of ARVI. Also, a ready-made solution of furatsilin for gargling is widely used in medical institutions, because its demand for treatment rooms is high. It is used both to perform procedures in the treatment of patients and to sanitize the nasopharynx by medical personnel.
Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus must undergo sanitation courses with furatsilin or other antiseptics at least 4 times a year (seasonally). This is especially true for workers in intensive care units, obstetric hospitals, as well as people working in children's institutions and catering units.
Experience with the use of furatsilin suggests that this product is safe and non-toxic. Although the instructions include a caveat that contraindications include individual intolerance to furatsilin, severe kidney disease with impaired kidney function, chronic allergic dermatoses, and a tendency to nosebleeds. But such pathological symptoms can be classified as rare manifestations.
Furacilin for gargling is suitable for everyone: adults, children, pregnant and lactating women, so in fact it is classified as a product without any special precautions, but caution always comes in handy, and this is why instructions for medications are written.
A relative contraindication is childhood, when the child does not yet know how to gargle, because ingestion of the solution is possible.
Side effects
Extremely rarely, after rinsing with furatsilin, the following symptoms may develop:
- nausea or vomiting (if the drug enters the gastrointestinal tract);
- swelling of the mucous membrane (very rarely angioedema).
If allergic reactions occur, after rinsing with furatsilin, you must take any antihistamine and choose another analogue to treat your throat. In case of nausea, take activated carbon 10-20 tablets or another sorbent.
To carry out the procedure of gargling with furatsilin, you can not overwork and purchase a ready-made solution in a pharmacy chain, especially since the drug is inexpensive and anyone can buy it. But when you open the bottle, the entire solution will not be used up immediately; you will have to tightly close it with a rubber cap and store it in the refrigerator until the next procedure.
Therefore, at home, for gargling, it is better to use furatsilin tablets, with which it is convenient to dilute the solution for one gargle.
To prepare the solution, you will need boiled water, cooled to a slightly warm state (no more than 35 degrees), in an amount of 100 ml. For this amount of water take 0.5 tablets of furatsilin (dosage only 20 mg). This proportion of furatsilin for gargling is very important, because a weak or concentrated solution will not have the desired therapeutic effect.
The entire tablet can be thrown into a glass of water or pre-crushed into powder for faster dissolution.
Many patients do not want to bother with preparing a solution before each procedure and prefer to dilute furatsilin for the whole day. In this case, the concentration of furatsilin for gargling will be as follows: 5 tablets per 1000 ml.
Sometimes the solution is further filtered so that the remaining crystals do not scratch the sore throat. The prepared solution is stored in a dark and cool room, away from sunlight.
Important! Before rinsing, you need to check the temperature of the solution; it should be comfortable - not hot, not cold. The prepared solution should be homogeneous, yellow or yellowish-green, without lumps of powdery mass from undissolved tablets.
Parents often ask pediatricians: “How to dilute furatsilin for gargling for a child? Are there special proportions? There are no special dilutions for children in the official instructions for the drug, so the drug is diluted according to the adult proportions.
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Is it possible to enhance the effect of furatsilin?
It happens that a patient categorically does not want to purchase expensive remedies for treating a throat, but the desire to get well quickly always remains. If furacilin has been prescribed and it is necessary to supplement the treatment, then it is recommended to add herbal infusions, essential oils or alcohol tinctures to the solution to enhance the therapeutic effect.
All these products are placed in a fresh solution in a minimum dosage. To 100 ml of furatsilin solution add 2 drops of alcohol tincture or essential oil. Tincture of calendula, propolis, and eucalyptus has proven itself well. Suitable oils include: juniper, ylang-ylang, tea tree. Chamomile, sage, and calendula are used as infusions (they are taken ready-made in an amount of 10 ml per 100 ml of furatsilin solution).
How to use and dose furatsilin correctly?
Furacilin is a medicinal product, so before using it you should perform a hygienic rinse with saline solution. It is not difficult to prepare; you must observe the following proportions: 200 ml of water per 0.5 tsp. salt (table or sea). It is recommended to add a drop of iodine to this composition.
Important! It is better to take purified water so that chlorinated water from the tap does not irritate the already inflamed mucous membrane of the throat.
There are many tips on using a soda solution before rinsing furatsilin. Here you need to start from the diagnosis. If it is pharyngitis, then soda will only intensify the symptoms (irritation and dryness), and for sore throat and tonsillitis, on the contrary, it will be an additional method that cleanses the lacunae from pus and plugs. Therefore, even ordinary saline and soda solutions should be prescribed by a doctor.
After rinsing your throat with salt, proceed to medicinal gargles. The frequency of procedures depends on the degree of inflammation of the posterior wall, damage to the tonsils and other objective reasons. On average, 3 to 5 rinses per day are prescribed. One rinse should last at least 3 minutes. The amount of solution per rinse dose taken into the mouth should be 10 ml (tablespoon).
After the procedures, try to refrain from drinking and eating for 1-2 hours, and also maintain vocal rest for 40 minutes.
During pregnancy, furatsilin for gargling may well be applicable and is a good alternative to many expensive antibacterial agents. This product should not be used uncontrollably, because... The active ingredient, nitrofural, is a chemical agent.
Furacilin is indicated only for bacterial infections, and does not require use for the common cold or ARVI. Therefore, before starting treatment with furatsilin, a pregnant woman should definitely consult with an otolaryngologist.
In any case, after the condition improves, long-term use of all medications during pregnancy is not recommended.
If furatsilin is not suitable for the expectant mother, then as a substitute, instead of gargling, you can use Lysobact, Hexoral throat tablets, or, for example, Gorlospas spray. It is also recommended to gargle with infusions of chamomile and calendula.
With a sore throat, most likely, it will not be possible to do without antibacterial agents, and monotherapy with furatsilin will not bring the desired effect. A pregnant woman should not worry about this, because... Today there are antibiotics that are approved for use during pregnancy and lactation.
Advantages and disadvantages of furatsilin
The main advantages of furacillin are:
- cheap price,
- accessibility for all ages,
- efficiency,
- good tolerance.
The disadvantage of furatsilin is its powerlessness against viral forms of tonsillitis and tonsillitis, although such an error is justified, because the product is not antiviral.
Which gargles are useful - Dr. Komarovsky
Do furatsilin have analogues?
In terms of the main active ingredient, furatsilin has no analogues, but in terms of therapeutic effects, drugs can be selected without difficulty. Among such analogues the following funds can be distinguished:
- chlorophyllipt 1%, fl. 100 ml -300 rub.;
- chlorhexidine - 0.05%, fl. 100 ml - 50 rub.;
- boric acid (powder 10 g in a bottle for preparing a solution) - 30 rubles;
- rotokan 50 ml - 20-40 rubles;
- chamomile 50 g (flowers for preparing decoctions and infusions) - 50-60 rubles;
- hexoral 0.01%, 200 ml - 35-60 rubles;
- miramistin 0.01%, 100 ml bottle - 190-220 rubles;
- malavit 50 ml - 200 rub.;
- hydrogen peroxide 3%, fl. 100 ml - 10 rubles.
Among the listed remedies, it is clear that furatsilin has many analogues that are cheaper; moreover, they are always available in any pharmacy in the city. A doctor will help you choose the right drug, but strict adherence to the instructions also allows you to use these products yourself.
Important! If, against the background of rinsing with any antiseptic, unpleasant sensations appear in the throat - burning, dryness, soreness, swelling, the product is immediately canceled and replaced with another analogue.
Many patients note that, for example, furatsilin or hexoral always helps them. In such cases, you should not experiment, but rather use an old proven remedy. The advantage of most antiseptics over antibiotics is the lack of addiction. As a rule, they try to change antibiotics.
If the prescribed antiseptic is not suitable, then you have to buy another product, and often the doctor names several recommended drugs at once, which can be purchased at the pharmacy. This is where patients ask questions about which product is better to purchase, for example, furatsilin or chlorhexidine. Let's try to compare several antimicrobial drugs for treating throat diseases by rinsing.
Furacilin is a pharmaceutical preparation of a chemical composition, chamomile is a medicinal herb, which can also be bought at a pharmacy, or prepared independently. Furacilin has a stronger antimicrobial effect, chamomile works more gently, but has a fairly effective anti-inflammatory effect.
Chamomile is widely used for rinsing in pediatric practice; it is the first herb in which newborns are bathed, because it has a hypoallergenic effect. The price for both drugs is almost the same, sometimes chamomile flowers are 10-15 rubles cheaper.
Furacilin or miramistin?
These two remedies are similar in many ways, but, according to some practitioners, Miramistin is still therapeutically stronger and covers a higher range of bacteria, including anaerobes. The disadvantage of Miramistin is its price, it is three times more expensive. For other parameters, there is no point in comparing these drugs.
Furacilin or chlorhexidine - which is more effective?
Chlorhexidine, like furatsilin, is used to treat mucous membranes in order to destroy pathogenic bacterial microflora. Both have a bitter taste, but chlorhexidine has a more pronounced taste. The use of chlorhexidine may darken tooth enamel.
Chlorhexidine is used with caution in pediatrics; some instructions recommend its use only from 12 years of age. Treatment with chlorhexidine solution is usually recommended for no more than 7 days. The price of chlorhexidine is approximately 25 rubles lower.
It should be noted that the range of applications of chlorhexidine is much higher; it is also used for disinfection in medicine.
Furacilin for gargling - reviews
Most reviews about this drug are positive, but there are also opinions about the uselessness of the product. The ineffectiveness of the drug often occurs with inflammation of the throat of viral etiology.
Angelina
I am 46 years old. I work as a duty nurse in a sanatorium. We always have a jar of furatsilin in the manipulation room. If one of the vacationers complains of a sore throat, the doctor on duty always prescribes rinsing with furatsilin.
And the next day, in addition to furatsilin, inhalations with dekasan are prescribed (5 procedures). Patients always note an excellent effect.
At home I also always use furatsilin. Moreover, in addition to gargling, it helps me a lot with conjunctivitis with purulent discharge. Even in my youth, when working in a maternity hospital, we always cleaned the eyes of newborn babies with furatsilin. Therefore, I consider furatsilin an effective and safe solution.
Irina
Furacilin helps me when my throat is just starting to hurt, although it is recommended for bacteria that appear later. If I miss this moment, then my chronic tonsillitis will definitely “play out” throughout the entire program: congestion in the throat, redness, swelling, temperature, weakness. This condition continues for up to a month, and I can no longer manage without antibiotics.
Therefore, I don’t wait for a “bouquet” of symptoms, but immediately start rinsing with furatsilin up to 5 times a day. I also supplement the rinses with special exercises for the face using the bodyflex system (lion and grimace). I recommend this complex to everyone.
Conclusion
A sore throat is a source of infection that needs to be sanitized. To quickly get rid of unpleasant symptoms, the necessary antiseptic for rinsing is always selected by a doctor, and as for furatsilin, it is always suitable as first aid for adults and children. Many people know this, because... In the first aid kits of most of our citizens you can always find a pack of furatsilin tablets. So it "works"? Be healthy!
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